Top 10 Military Fonts 2019 (Army, Navy & Stencil)
Military fonts are something almost any graphic designer or digital artist has searched for at some point in their lives. From classic military stencil fonts to futuristic-looking dystopian fonts, there’s a surprising range of uses for these styles, past a simple Call...
Top 10 Low Poly Models & Packs on the Unity Asset Store 2019
Low Poly is an art style all you animators out there have no doubt encountered in the last few years. If you’re unfamiliar with it, the term refers to a simplistic and minimalist design style using only simple ‘polygons’ or flat shapes, with straight sides. It’s...
Buried Memories Volume 2: Serekh, HDRP environment and character pack
Buried Memories Volume 2: Serekh (More here) offers a range of assets geared toward an action-adventure game in the sci-fi genre. The pack contains a modular sci-fi lab built from walls, floors, trims, scaffolding, other structural elements, a multitude of props, and...
10 Best Mechanical Pencils for Drawing and Writing 2019
We’re currently living in an age where technology is advancing faster than ever. From folding phones to drones built for crop dusting, technology is creeping into our lives in ways we could never imagine. That being said, it’s incredible that a good mechanical pencil...
Artist Feature: Stephen Spinas
Today we have one of the best interviews yet. Stephen Spinas is a comic book artist and illustrator living in Cape Town and his work speaks volumes about his dedication. He's also got his own comic, Em is for Monsters, we really recommend you ask him about his work...
10 Best Monitors for Graphic Design 2019
Most, if not all, enthusiasts of graphic design and animation have experienced issues with computer monitors. Whether it’s issues relating to brightness, contrast and colour; or the realisation that what you create on screen looks very different to what you print or...
10 Best Graphics Card Under $100 (2019 Guide)
In the current technological climate, as prices fall and spec standards rise as they do, having a powerful graphics card is an integral part of working as a digital creative. With even your most mid-range laptops arriving with non-integrated graphics, and some even...
10 Best Digital Notepads of 2019
If you’re anything like us at Pixelsmith, you’re a hands-on kinda person who likes to be able to work, sketch, jot notes and plan in a natural manner - but still be able to organise and store everything digitally. Until a few years ago, this wasn’t really possible, or...
Top 10 Best Wireless Pen Mouse in 2019
With not much evolution in computer mice since their inception, apart from the change from ball to laser mice, it wasn’t going to be long before something like a Wireless Pen Mouse came into being. Shaped like a pen, yet functioning like a mouse, these pocket mice are...
MattePaint Academy with Conrad Allan
Sometimes we watch a film and we see an environment that leaves us wondering whether that background was painted or if they built it in real life. In most cases, those sets would have been digitally done up because building that equivalent in real life, would have...
